Tag Archives: Highsec

Posted on 2011-07-18 by Ecliptic Rift

Musing on highsec piracy corporations

Lately, I’ve started to grow a little bored with my market efforts. Iurnan Mileghere still makes quite a bit of ISK on the market, enough to fund PLEXes for several accounts and still turn profit. But after the events of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-11-16 by Ecliptic Rift

Reviewing the market: QEN Q3 2010

NB: This analysis generally distinguishes between summarizing CCP’s results and my own conclusions. Where the text contains mistakes, generally I accept the blame for them except in the cases where I specifically note faults in the QEN itself. Review CCP … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-09-14 by Ecliptic Rift

Piracy everywhere

This is based on a post I wrote on the Ghost Festival forum in a planning area. For obvious reasons, I’ve edited it significantly regarding operational details, but I liked the core analysis. You are welcome to disagree in the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-09-09 by Ecliptic Rift

Does EVE have a grind?

Tobold has a post up today about “The Grind“. The key takeaway is: The Grind is a consequence of the false worship of the cult of efficiency. Once you realize that it is by definition impossible to win a MMORPG, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-02 by Ecliptic Rift

Highsec piracy

I will admit that the idea of highsec piracy occasionally appeals to me. Hitting miners and traders to see what they’ve got? Salvaging and looting in deadspace? Shooting down overly confident agency contractors? Delicious. Sure, you have to go out … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-03-05 by Ecliptic Rift

Tyrannis interview by T0rfi: Planetary industrial domination

So CCP T0rfi gave an interview in which he discussed the summer 2010 expansion, Tyrannis, in somewhat greater detail. You should probably read it before pressing on with my thoughts… And note that I’ve intentionally avoided any discussion about DUST … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-11-20 by Ecliptic Rift

Piracy in high-security space

Despite what Egonics and their ilk will tell us, copying music isn’t piracy. Doing violence against somebody’s ship to gain something from their cargo or passengers, though, definitely qualifies. And pilots can make a bit of ISK engaging in piracy, … Read the rest of this entry →

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